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21. Army regulations mandate it be worn that way

Tue Sep 8, 2015, 04:02 PM

Sep 2015

Army Regulation 670-1, “Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia,” updated most recently September 5, 2003, addresses explicitly the proper and lawful placement of the U.S. flag patch on the Army uniform.

The regulation states that when authorized for application to the proper uniform the American flag patch is to be worn, right or left shoulder, so that “the star field faces forward, or to the flag’s own right. When worn in this manner, the flag is facing to the observer’s right, and gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward. The appropriate replica for the right shoulder sleeve is identified as the ‘reverse side flag’.”

http://www.usflag.org/flagpatch.html

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Hey YOU! You there with the American Flag flying on your car! [View all] ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 OP

It is disrespectful to let the flag get rained on. IggleDoer Sep 2015 #1

Interesting comment. I'm not American... SwissTony Sep 2015 #2

They used to be. Not so much any more. When I was jwirr Sep 2015 #3

if you respond to this post, you will have 33,333 posts. Capn Sunshine Sep 2015 #22

LOL jwirr Sep 2015 #41

flag code w0nderer Sep 2015 #4

Realistically, the law requires nothing. jeff47 Sep 2015 #9

since i recently got slammed on this w0nderer Sep 2015 #15

Copied from the Flag Code ... IggleDoer Sep 2015 #35

The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather Jamastiene Sep 2015 #38

Not on a Military Base One_Life_To_Give Sep 2015 #14

Raise the flag at 0800? I wish! JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #19

The actual rules and how I feel CajunBlazer Sep 2015 #30

No, the protocols don't call for it n/t sarge43 Sep 2015 #32

The U.S. flag is not supposed to fly in inclement weather. Period. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #64

my conservative neighbors used to keep their flag out in front of their house in all hollysmom Sep 2015 #17

No it is not hack89 Sep 2015 #20

Maybe in our efforts to bring manufacturing back to jwirr Sep 2015 #5

You can purchase plenty American FLags Sissyk Sep 2015 #29

Thank you. jwirr Sep 2015 #42

A guy in my neighborhood has four flags on his car nichomachus Sep 2015 #6

Wow. ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #8

I'd be playing this everytime I passed his house. GoneOffShore Sep 2015 #25

Yep....John says it all...we've seen all of this before. LOL haikugal Sep 2015 #27

You see them a lot in the Southern States. The "Patriots" driving the streets with Flags-a-flying! BlueJazz Sep 2015 #7

Do you tour The South often? bvar22 Sep 2015 #31

Most of the ones I've seen are in Jacksonville through northern Florida, southern Georgia, .. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #39

I see them on a regular basis where I live in Missouri xmas74 Sep 2015 #58

Yes!...I've seen that also a lot more lately. Let me tell you, I'm quite impressed. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #59

The American flag will be faded and tattered xmas74 Sep 2015 #61

In the weeks after 9/11 in NYC in LiberalElite Sep 2015 #57

I have an American flag on my American car. Throd Sep 2015 #10

I love it when it's stuck on a foreign car. Brickbat Sep 2015 #11

I don't give a fuck where it's made. It's a SYMBOL. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #12

All I would hope to see is that people secure their flags to their rigs at high speeds. punguin54 Sep 2015 #33

I don't remember ever seeing that. cherokeeprogressive Sep 2015 #44

I even see a few of these PasadenaTrudy Sep 2015 #13

I have always taken the flags on cars to mean that. Person 2713 Sep 2015 #43

If you look you can find flags made in the USA doc03 Sep 2015 #16

Something that puzzles me, the flag is supposed to be displayed with doc03 Sep 2015 #18

Army regulations mandate it be worn that way hack89 Sep 2015 #21

Wow it gives the effect that the flag is backwards to me, well at least I know now. I doc03 Sep 2015 #24

Think about a flag being carried in a parade hack89 Sep 2015 #26

This could support my theory that the government bought a million doc03 Sep 2015 #28

Look on aircraft Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #55

Another thought on flags on cars: AlinPA Sep 2015 #23

it's an accessor, a way to get a leg up over anyone else MisterP Sep 2015 #34

They aren't being patriotic, they're being trolls..... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36

I know Liberals who fly the flag pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #45

No kidding... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #48

That flag is stuck into a pile of bones from our founder's genocide, so there is that. jtuck004 Sep 2015 #37

Oy vey. Desert805 Sep 2015 #46

I feel just fine.<G> I'm not the one who has to be reminded that they have a LOT more jtuck004 Sep 2015 #50

The "patriots" fly or wear the flag everywhere and paste it on anything to the point that A Simple Game Sep 2015 #40

I think the reverence shown to red, white & blue fabric/plastic here is weird and creepy. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #47

It's not the flag, It's the rampant nationalism they display with the symbol. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #49

Right. It often seems to be a package of nationalism, jingoism, U.S. exceptionalism, and Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #60

I swear, the Right was in heaven seeing tanks with the American flag tearing through the desert. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #63

TOTALLY agree. While worthy of respect, the worship thing is just way over the top. underahedgerow Sep 2015 #52

Oh hell. I thought this was going to be a Pink Floyd knockoff... Purveyor Sep 2015 #51

Don't you mean 'Pinko Floyd'? pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #53

We really have become a world fueled by outrage over other's actions. CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #54

Actually, probably by slaves that were owned by members of my family.... ghostsinthemachine Sep 2015 #62

Slightly off-topic, but I've been noticing Lars39 Sep 2015 #56

I'm a flag nut; I went around on 9/12/01 educating neighbors who had hung a flag backwards. BUT----- WinkyDink Sep 2015 #65